AWS Cloud Platform Architect 100% remote Must be able to obtain Public Trust Clearance W2 employment only NO C2C Responsibilities: • Design, implement, and manage scalable, secure, and resilient AWS cloud architectures for enterprise applications, data platforms, and mission-critical services. • Develop end-to-end infrastructure solutions, including high-availability, disaster recovery, and multi-region strategies. • Define migration strategies for transitioning on-premises workloads to AWS and contribute to cloud strategy and technology roadmaps. • Oversee infrastructure as code deployments using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or AWS CDK. • Establish and improve CI/CD pipelines to streamline software deployments and infrastructure updates. • Implement observability, monitoring, and logging using AWS CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, and approved third-party tools. • Design cloud architectures that meet security, governance, and regulatory compliance requirements, including HIPAA, FedRAMP, and SOC 2, as applicable. • Apply IAM best practices, encryption strategies, and secure networking patterns across AWS environments. • Partner with developers, DevOps engineers, security teams, and business stakeholders to deliver reliable cloud solutions aligned to mission needs. • Diagnose and resolve complex cloud infrastructure issues to maintain performance, reliability, and operational stability. • Provide technical leadership, mentoring, and guidance while staying current with emerging cloud technologies and recommending improvements. Requirements: • U.S. citizenship or Green Card status is required, along with the ability to obtain a public trust clearance. • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree. • Minimum 8 years of relevant IT infrastructure experience in AWS cloud architecture, DevOps, or infrastructure automation. • Deep expertise with AWS services, including VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda, ECS/EKS, CloudFront, Route 53, CloudFormation, WorkSpaces, and Snowball. • Strong knowledge of cloud networking, including VPCs, VPNs, Direct Connect, load balancing, and secure network design. • Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Puppet, or Ansible. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and orchestration technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, and GitLab CI. • Strong development and scripting experience with Python, Boto3, Bash, and SQL. • Experience defining and enforcing policies for access roles, change management, operational workflows, code standards, compliance, infrastructure tooling, and budget controls. • Experience managing cloud security and governance services such as AWS Control Tower, Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Service Catalog, AWS Security Hub, AWS CloudTrail, and GitHub organization-level administration. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders. • Proven ability to work independently while collaborating with, mentoring, and supporting team members to solve complex operational and reliability challenges. • What Would Be Nice To Have • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional. • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional. • AWS Certified Security – Specialty or other relevant AWS certification. #M1 #LI-VH1
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